San Antonio College Library

In 1925 Adolfo ?Babe? Romo, a Mexican American rancher in Tempe, Arizona, filed suit against his school district on behalf of his four young children, who were forced to attend a markedly low-quality segregated school, and won. But Romo v. Laird was just the beginning. Some sources rank Mexican Americans as one of the most poorly educated ethnic groups in the United States. Chicano Students and the Courts is a comprehensive look at this community?s...

Presents more than thirty articles on the topic of school violence, covering such aspects as the search for causes of school violence, the aftermath of violent events such as the Columbine killings, media coverage, and violence and crime in higher education.